Was Slavery Constitutional? "Dreading the next morning, I lay in the dirty straw bed on the ground, pondering about the burdensome labor that lies ahead. Will there ever be a day when I don't have to hide from my owner, Mr. Smith, because he uses me for his own pleasures behind his wif...

Who I am and how God fits into that picture is a very intricate question. Mankind has always pondered about her own existence and in thousands of different cultures the idea of some supreme power always seems to develop. Now, this is by no means proof of the actual existence of God, but it does g...

Positive Patriotism after 9/11 Patriotism is love for his or her own country. In Barbara Kingsolver's "And the Flag Was Still There", the Sacramento Bee's "Flag merchants see little letup since Sept. 11", and the Daily Californian "More students considering milit...

The article, What Really Happened, was written by Robert Sullivan and published in the June 4, 2001 issue of Time Magazine. It is an analysis of just how true to the facts the recently released movie Pearl Harbor really was. The article attempts to prove its thesis that while the movie does get s...

Why We Should Ban Handguns in the United States, by Nicholas Dixon is an interesting article. Dixon's thesis is that the number of handguns in the United States is directly proportional to crimes committed involving handguns here in the United States. In my opinion, the author does a good job...

Nathaniel Hawthorne suggests people are weighed by their past and ancestry and this attributes to his own anxiety about the future. Hawthorne's anxiety is best portrayed in his literary architecture. In Hawthorne's "House of the Seven Gables," the reader visualizes the depreciati...

The Nature of the Cold War during the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations In the 1950's the fear of the cold war was felt in every home throughout America. Genuine fear was the feeling of the public. This fear was partially due to the government's way of informing the public of the...

Government steps in when Tobacco Industry steps out Back a few years ago, all we heard on the news was John Doe vs. Big tobacco industries. Every day, people who had been harmed by smoke-related illnesses sued tobacco companies for liability in respect that they would compensate the medical bills...

The Acquittals Abuse of power has never been welcomed by society. Whether it is in the home, on the job, in our schools or in our government, society subjects these abuses of power to investigation and prosecution. The penalties can be a dismissal from their position, court marshal or imp...

Gideon vs. Wainright In June 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon, a fifty-year-old man, with a prior arrest record, was arrested in Panama City, Florida. He was charged with breaking into a pool hall. The things that were stolen were beer, coke, and change from a cigarette machine. Gideon claimed innocence...